Appliance to be used in teaching to read.



M. H. MONTEITH. APPLIANGE To BE USED 1N TEACHING' To READ.

APPLIATION FILED JUNE 8. 19H.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

WWW/4W UNITED STATES" iwirnrrr OFFICE MARY HARRIS MONTEITH, OF ORNGE, NEW JERSEY.

APPLIANCE -TO BE USED IN TEACHIG T0 READ.q

To all whom 'it may concerm,

Be it known'that I, MARY HARRIS MoN- Tnrru, a citizen of the lUnited States, residing at Orange, countyof Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Appliance to be Used in Teaching to Read, of which the `following is a specification.

The obect of myl invention is to furnish children in the primary schools with seat work which will assist:4 them in learnin to read, and afford val-uable 'manual trainlng.

The invention relates to'mthe system of teaching to read in primary schools, whereby the pupil proceeds throu h progressive Vsteps to' put name-words un er pictures or outlines, and to selectv printed words or phrases so as to form sentences, stories, rimes, or poems ;-thisprocess to be accomplished by means of: I. .A book or set of sheets containing pictures with their appropria-te -name-words, sentences, rimes, poems or stories, letters, phonograms, numbers orv mathematical signs-all to be used b the pupil-as models. II. AA set or pad of s eets,

containing disconnected yand separate words `or phrases, which the pupil is to cut a art, arrange and paste together, so as to con orm to the models selected and assigned from .the book or set of'model sheets.

In the accompanying drawings illustrat from the third part of t ebook; and Fig. 6. is the corresponding sheet from the pad.` v Figs. 7 and 9 represent ages taken from the fourth part of the boo While Figs. 8 and 10 are sheetsetaken from the pad, and correspond with Figs. 7 'and 9 respectively.

First step: W1th the model for the first step (Fig.I 1. taken from the book) before Speoication of Letters Patent.

Application led .Tune 8, 1911. Serial No. 632,040.

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Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

him, he traces or copies the object-Fig. 1. aA

presented bythe model; andl from the pad, Fig. 2 cuts out and pastes the right name b under the picture. Under the cat the word cat b, b, b, etc.

Second step: The tracing of a picture Fig. 3 c pasting under it the appropriate name d Flg. 4, with an added verb e Fig. 4.

cc prlig grunt. Y v I hird step: The tracing of a picture Fig. 5 h pasting under it the rlght name y' Fig. 6, then selecting from the pad Fig. 6.a verb l This is a robin.

Fourth step: The tracing of a picture Fig. 7 m and by cutting the right kwords from the pad, Fig. 8 n n, so arranging the words by pasting, as t'o construct a. rime. Fig. 9 shows the picture taken from the book for tracing and a story r-r to be used as a model,'while Fig. 10 shows the words m-m to be arranged and asted to form a story to conform to the mo el in Fig. 9.

The book or set of model sheets, of which Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, are samples, is to be left rloose or to be bound by paper fasteners or otherwise; is to contain pictures in outline or 1n mass, colored or uncolored, to be traced by the pupils; to contain words, sentences,

rimes, stories or poems, numbers, mathemat-ical signs, separate letters of the alpha'- be't or phonograms. The pad or set of paper word-slips to consist of sheets containing disconnected or jumbled words, in print' or script; letters of the alphabet, phonograms, mathematical signs or numbers from which the pupil is to select and cut apart. This pad may be in the condition of loose sheets picture of a or sheets caught by fasteners; and-the individual words, phrases, letters, numbers and signs are to be surrounded by perforatedor printed lines, or without such l1nes to gulde the hand in. cutting apart the sections sef lected. The sheets may be gummed for pasting or ungummed.

I claim as my invent-ion:

A book containing pictures, or representations of objects, explanatory or descrlptive In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

MARY HARRIS MONTEITH.

Witnesses:

JEssIE LESLIE CRUTKSHANK, MABEL FORD LANGTON. 

